faith, does it exist only for christians,or can the other religons have that to,?

Question

i mean trure loyal faith,no joke kind.i am a christian ,i got some faith but not enough to face the vaimpires. we christians measure our faith by how close to god we can get. the more you have the better,can others,be in the right ,not wrong for such loyalty and focus for their beliefs.keeping in mind ,,rapture and lake of fire...other religons i mean

Answer 1

Faith is really a term of western religions, but in eastern religions, it is more acceptance of the principles of the religion. I am a Buddhist and I was born and baptised as a Christian. No I am not one of the looneys that shave their heads, dress in a robe and flaunt their religion at airports...most Buddhists aren't much different than Methodists...they are normal people. For me it wasn't so much as me accepting the religion as the religion accepting me for all my faults and still offered a chance to enter Nirvana (heaven) but through the toil of many reincarnations and earn merits to reach a state of enlightenment...or perfection. As in the Christian religion, we both have to accept things that seem far-fetched and stories that have been passed down through countless generations. Some Buddhist countries wear their religion openly as in Cambodia and Thailand but here in China it is more private, a sort of communion of you and Lord Buddha or Kwan Yin (Goddess of Mercy)...it is not that we are less devout or because of lack of religious freedom, it is the custom. There have been several examples of the acceptance of our belief as with the monk that immolated himself in the streets of Saigon to protest the cruelty of Ngo Dien Diem's regime and his charred heart is a sacred relic to all Buddhists. Recently one of the most sacred relics (a Finger of Lord Buddha) was flown from Xi'an China to Hong Kong and three million people swarmed to view the treasure and chant prayers...half of the population of the city. We accept Lord Buddha not as a god but as a means for us to learn perfection. Buddhists believe as Christians do that we must treat each other kindly are are basically pacifists but a few radical groups have sprung up to besmirch the religion. Our temples or pagodas if you like are the result of people believing strongly enough to erect these places of worship and unlike the Catholic church do not make demands on the parishioners and dabble in world finance or politics. Most monks in China are happy to get a day's food, but they endure and spread their knowledge and wisdom to others in spite of their own personal sacrifices. It is simply acceptance rather than faith. I have traveled to many places and found the Hindu religion to be rather difficult to understand with their deities and while some of my friends were very devout, I had the vague feeling that they were following their belief because it had been ingrained in them, rather than pure acceptance. I would think it hard to find strong loyalty amongst the Hindu and therefore no cohesiveness in the church, moreover with nearly 1,000 dialects of India, I think even the holy men have difficulties spreading the belief. In Malaysia and Indonesia there are many Muslims but their ideas are based on faith, and strangely similar to Christianity. There are extremists that go to great length on Ramadam to show their devotion but most follow their faith both quietly but very loyally.

Answer 2

Faith is the belief in something without evidence. I was raised hard core catholic and when I was about 12 realized the purpose. Every funeral I go to the main words of compfort are "I'm sure he/she has gone on to a better place". The simularities I see in the other faiths are they answer the hard questions. Even if it is a crazy idea there is an undeniable need for support or a belief in a higher power.

This is not a wrong thing, I will never attack the church
(unless in an open discusion of ideas) for all of the good it does. But I believe faith is just a trick to help you live up to your full potential. Instead of living in fear of going to hell I would rather discover the true sense of right and wrong and become truely enlightened. This has many problems though because people tend to become their own writers of right and wrong, we all know what that can lead to.

Answer 3

Even a total lack of Chritian faith requires faith of it's own. One's faith should not ever include a total disregard for the faith of others as no religion can be totally proven right or wrong. Some may sound too incredible to be true but that is what faith is about, believing in something with the heart that is contrary to common sense and reason. Fear of the results of not enough faith should not be the biggest motivation towords faith.

Answer 4

By definition, faith is part of every religion.

What each person may believe in varies, but the core of any religion is the ability to have belief without proof. And belief without proof is the definition of faith.

It's when faith turns into fanaticism what things get messy.

Answer 5

Religion requires faith. Faith is blind to the truth and has no basis in reality. Therefor = Faith requires ignorance.

Humanity must overcome this flaw or we will be destined to continue useless actions like those going on in the middle east today. War, bloodshed, fear, anger, fighting on and on, blind to the truth - with no basis in reality - ignorance at it's worst.

Humanity needs truth not faith. Truth comes from observing the known world (reality) Science - knowledge - testable, repeatable observations.

Time to bury our insecurities, goblins, ghosts, ferries, ogres, monsters, angels, demons and gods (bibles,korans,budhas,etc. - they are all part of ignorance.

Help spread the truth or continue to be ignorant - your choice.

Additional: Wind takes faith - ridiculous - movement of air from high to low pressure systems (explainable by meteorologists with ease) Knowledge can replace faith.

Answer 6

Faith exists for everyone. As your faith is in Christianity, some ones faith is in the word of Buddha, or ones faith in their own abilities. Every one has faith of some sort.

Answer 7

Everyone has faith in something. We can not see the wind but we believe it is there because we can feel it. That is faith.

The definition of faith is believing without seeing, not to believe without proof. I believe in God because the bible says He exists and I have the Holy Spirit in my heart but I have never seen Him. Thus I believe in Him even though I can not see Him.

I do not however believe in vampires.

Answer 8

Faith is not something that only belongs to religion.

faith (n.) Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing.
faith (n.) Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence.

Answer 9

Yes, do they have faith everyday that they can stand up when they get out of bed? Everyone has faith in something, even athiests have to.

Answer 10

Faith means strongly believe in any religions that each individual believes in.
Anyway, there is no vampires in this century, so you can continue to have your faith if not make it stronger.

Answer 11

I have to believe strapping a bomb to your body or flying a plane into a building requires a significant amount of "faith" in something.